Gholam A. Peyman

Gholam A. Peyman
Born
Gholam Ali Peyman

(1937-01-01) 1 January 1937 (age 87)[1]
NationalityIranian American
Alma materUniversity of Freiburg
University of Essen
Known forInventor of LASIK[2]
AwardsNational Medal of Technology and Innovation (2012)
Scientific career
FieldsOphthalmology, Engineering
InstitutionsProfessor of Basic Medical Sciences at the University of Arizona, Phoenix & Optical Sciences at University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona
Emeritus Professor of Ophthalmology, Tulane University

Gholam A. Peyman (born 1 January 1937) is an Iranian American ophthalmologist, retina surgeon, and inventor. He is best known for his invention of LASIK eye surgery,[2] a vision correction procedure designed to allow people to see clearly without glasses. He was awarded the first US patent for the procedure in 1989.

  1. ^ "Gholam Peyman". National Science and Technology Medals Foundation.
  2. ^ a b US Patent 4,840,175, "METHOD FOR MODIFYING CORNEAL CURVATURE", granted June 20, 1989